Fortunately Major Woodward, the battalion commanding officer, was suspicious of this route. On the nights of 14 and 15 December, sounds of horse-drawn vehicles and motors moving in slow gear drifted to the American outposts; but since the same commotion had attended an earlier relief in the German lines, it was reported and perfunctorily dismissed. In any case the defenders made radio contact (their last) with the 28th Division as late as 0528 on the morning of 18 December. He added, however, that he had "three battalions now trying to counterattack from Clerf to Marnach." News of the battle on the right and left of the 112th Infantry sector had been sparse. This was the end. Men in the observation posts watched the enemy move about his daily chores and reported flares and occasional rounds of mortar or artillery fire. Perhaps they did not care to risk bazooka fire in the dark. It is impossible. On German operations maps Wiltz lay athwart the boundary which divided the attack zones of the XLVII Panzer Corps and the LXXXV Corps. He hoped that the armored debouchment into the bridgehead would commence during the early afternoon. The 24-man patrol from Company A ran into the German flank at Fishbach, about 1120, and had to withdraw under intense fire. To compensate for the armored weakness of the battered division, two battalions of armored tank destroyers and an assault gun brigade were given Bayerlein just before the attack to the west began. column and, attacking through the dark with grenades and bayonets, cleared the position. Their stories are spellbinding. in house-to-house fighting with Company D and Company B, 103d Engineer But the German tanks were fanning out as the day drew to a close, turning attention to the south as well as the west. The fall of Wiltz ended the 28th Division's delaying action before Bastogne. Eighteen men put up devastating fire against the first attack of over 500 German paratroopers. Destroyer Battalion. The 10th Infantry Regiment was on the far right side of the Divisions Frontline during their part of the Battle of the Bulge and it was the first regiment to arrive in Luxembourg. Around them Clerf was crawling with tanks, for most of the Mark IV Battalion of the 3d Panzer Regiment had assembled in the town during the night. Manteuffel had no precise schedule for his right wing but after the war was over would say that he had hoped for the seizure of St. Vith on the first day of the attack. By noon the 2d Battalion, helpless against massed tanks and without artillery support, was held in check along the ridge running southwest from Urspelt to the Clerf road, only a thousand yards from its line of departure. On the right its 1st Battalion marched on Hosingen, bringing flame throwers and self-propelled guns to blast the Americans from the village; the 2d Battalion moved straight for the Clerf River, aiming at control of the crossings and road net at Wilwerwiltz. Colonel Nelson decided to pull back through Huldange since enemy tanks were known to be in Trois Vierges. In this case, as in many others during the American withdrawal, the full story is that of the cooperation of the combined arms. A brass plate on the stone has an inscription to the men of the 106th and says, ' Dedicated to the Men of the 106th Infantry Division who fought and died for their country 1944-45 .'. Picture 1 of 6. About 1000 on 18 December, General Cota received the welcome word that The regimental commander believed that morale had been restored to a high degree and that the new officers and men now were fairly well trained. Once through St. Vith the LXVI would follow Krueger to Andenne, but if things grew rough on the left wing Manteuffel intended to switch Lucht's corps to the south. In the 110th zone four roads ran from the German border at the Our, up and over the Skyline Drive, and down to the Clerf. At dawn the Panther Battalion of the 3d Panzer Regiment came clanking into Clerf, after a night move from the Our River, and found tanks from the Mark IV Battalion playing cat and mouse with the Americans in the chteau. World War II: Another great uncle, 2LT Elton Barry Arnett, was an infantry platoon leader with Co. C, 1/112th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division. Although the left division (the 560th The latter was a hard-driving commander, daring and tenacious, and had a reputation of giving help to neighboring formations without debate. Jones attached the 112th Infantry to his own division on the spot, assuring Nelson that he would assume full responsibility. Battered and fatigued by weary, bloody fighting in the Hrtgen Forest, the 28th Division came into the quiet front on the Our during mid-November. But . In Marnach the hard-beset garrison fought on, now under the command of the battalion executive officer, Capt. In response to their call for reinforcement and ammunition four tanks fought their way through the German infantry along the Skyline Drive, arriving in Hosingen about 2200-but with no rifle ammunition. indicate a co-ordinated attack. At the moment Luettwitz' corps was fighting After dark on 17 December a captain led in about twenty-five men of Company I from Weiler, after a desperate march, narrow escapes, and an ambuscade. or German bank of the Our River. By the second day it was apparent that the combination of stubborn resistance and poor approach roads would delay the projected crossing at Ouren. Battle of the Bulge CD 2 749 Pages - PDF . Its pillboxes and supporting positions were occupied in greater strength as the LVIII Panzer Corps (Krueger) moved in. It is impossible to assess in hours the violence done the 2d Panzer Division timetable at Clerf, but it is clear that the race by this division to Bastogne was lost as the result of the gallant action by the 110th Infantry in front of and at the Clerf crossings. Company C earned the Combat Infantry Streamer. On 25 April 1861, Company G, The Monongahela Artillery (Everett) was mustered into federal service for the American Civil War as part of the. The numerous pillboxes provided a substantial amount of cover; the 3d Battalion, for example, was not seriously endangered until the attacking tanks maneuvered close enough for direct fire. of the 1st Battalion. To some extent, then, Kokott's decision in favor of premature assembly west of the Our had gained ground for the 26th. The 78th Infantry Division arrived in England, 26 October 1944, and received further training. on the operations of the two armored corps, the Fifth Panzer Army had been given a small infantry corps of two divisions to flesh out its right shoulder. Their fate is unknown. The 116th had fought itself out in almost continuous battles during the withdrawal across France and the defense of the West Wall but had a fine reputation and was fairly well refitted. The unit was transported to and garrisoned at El Paso, Texas for training, but was never utilized because hostilities ended. mortars, and an antitank platoon repelled wave after wave of attacking German infantry. Later reports indicate that this group was almost wiped out. He was able to convince the Army Group B commander that a stand should be taken on a number of tactical points which, in Manteuffel's judgment, were essential to success in the forthcoming attack. He even dispatched a kampfgruppe to seize a bridge considerably south of Clerf apparently intending to swing his attack column to a poorer road in the event that Clerf continued to hold. 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached 110th, 431st and 448th AAA AW Battalions 75th Infantry Division . This attack aimed at the bridges near Burg Reuland (in the 106th Division sector) and Oberhausen, in the rear of the positions manned by the left. Army counterattack against the US Third Army in September, had been If you are looking for a definitive book on The Battle of the Bulge this is not it. The division's three regiments were in a line, with the 112th, 110th, and 109th Infantry Regiments aligned north to south. This was the last word from Marnach. The authors do a great job of telling the the story with first-person accounts from the American soldiers, both officers and enlisted. Company C had been driven off the road, and the tanks, missing the infantry entirely, rolled into Marnach. a combat command of the 10th Armored Division was moving forward to Some additional help for the 112th did arrive before daybreak on 17 December, four self-propelled tank destroyers out of the 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion borrowed from Combat Command Reserve, 9th Armored Division, at Trois Vierges. Ouren. But by the middle of December the 110th Infantry had almost a full roster-a roster numbering many men and some officers who yet had to see their first action. one platoon to clearing the Germans out of the south end of town, sent one platoon to Reuler to help the 2d Battalion, and, sent one to the 1st Battalion at Heinerscheid where the light tanks of the 707th Tank Battalion had been smashed earlier in the day. In fact it represented Heilmann's failure to gain control of his division, for the orders were to bypass Wiltz. He died on Nov. 29, 1944 and is buried at Henri-Chapelle in Hombourg, Belgium. Each battalion was responsible for five outposts along the west bank of the Our, but these vantage points were occupied only during daylight hours and then in squad strength. Because the West Wall angled away to the east near Ltzkampen the 1st Battalion was denied pillbox protection but, at the insistence of the regimental commander, had constructed a foxhole line with great care. Finally, the regimental antitank and cannon companies were disposed around Ouren guarding the bridges, the roads, and the regimental command post. Snow blanketed the fields. howitzers with one- and two-second fuzes. Colonel Fuller set. At Hosingen, on the ridge road, Company D and Company B were fighting German infantry hand to hand inside the village. Meanwhile, General Middleton, the VIII Corps commander, issued a holdfast order to all his troops. By the late evening the picture as seen at the division command post had cleared to this extent: the two flank regiments, the 109th and 112th, had lost. Created in late 1917, the 4th Infantry Division served with distinction during World War I.On June 6, 1944 (), the "Ivy" division was the first US unit to land on Utah Beach.Two months later, on August 25, 1944, it liberated Paris.In September, it crossed the border into Germany, fighting in the Hrtgen Forest and in the Battle of the Bulge. Colonel Lauchert was worried about the slow rate of the 2d Panzer advance. Bullet fire from the old stone walls was no menace to armored vehicles, bazooka teams sent down from the chteau were killed or captured, and the German tank battalions moved on, north and west toward Bastogne. The 5th Parachute Division commander had already experienced great difficulty in maintaining control of his units in action. Before noon five separate assaults had been made at Consthum, but all were beaten off by small arms, .50-caliber, and artillery fire. 110th Infantry Regiment; 112th Infantry Regiment ; 107th Field Artillery Battalion; 108th Field Artillery Battalion; 109th . by CHARLES B. MACDONALD--249--Attack on Vossenack . The 112th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Sixteenth Pennsylvania,[2] is a unit in the Pennsylvania National Guard which can trace its lineage back to before the American Civil War. The 26th Volks Grenadier Division (Generalmajor Heinz Kokott) already was deployed in the Eifel sector of the West Wall adjacent to the Our where it covered not only the XLVII Panzer Corps zone but a wide frontage beyond. Hitler had committed Bayerlein's tanks in an abortive counterattack designed to roll up the exposed flank of the American Third Army on the Saar.4 This Panzer Lehr thrust failed, and at the beginning of December Bayerlein's command was brought north to the Eifel district for an emergency attempt at refitting. In October 1919, the battalion's units were Company M, 112th Infantry (Lewistown), 103rd Trench Mortar Battery, 103rd Engineer Battalion (Tyrone), Company F, 112th Infantry (Huntingdon), Company A, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry (Everett), Company G, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry (Altoona), and elements of the 108th and 109th Field Artillery (Bellefonte). Here in the south daylight patrols also operated to maintain control of the eastern bank, although the main positions were around Lieler and Lausdorn. They conducted full spectrum operations in and around Baghdad, Iraq. With the few troops remaining, Milton successfully made his way cross-country to the west. Adherence to this schedule meant that the villages garrisoned by the American companies would have to be avoided or captured quickly. from the rear. Apprehensive lest the Americans be prematurely warned, Army Group B had forbidden the movement of any troops across the Our in advance of the opening barrage set for 0530 on 16 December. Most of the tanks and assault guns were out of action, there were insufficient machine guns to cover the final protective line, radio communication between the desperate units was practically nonexistent, searchlight rays glancing from the low clouds lighted the path of the attackers, and ammunition was running very low. In the center of this thinly held 80-mile front was the 28th Infantry Division broadly stretch across the Bastogne corridor through the Ardennes Forest; a 25 mile frontline. of the 2d Battalion (Lt. Col. J. L. MacSalka) assembled in a draw between Meanwhile the mortar crews took a hand from their foxholes on the hill behind Sevenig, dropping mortar shells into the hollows where the Germans congregated or picking them off with carbines. On orders, the three remaining assault guns went back to cover the wrecked structure. John "Lefty" Zagarella, As Told In Letters, 1941-1945. Meanwhile he dispatched 116th Infantry Regiment. Just east of Bastogne the roads straightened somewhat, but The remainder of the casualties were fairly evenly split between the 109th Infantry to the . moved toward Sevenig. Only three of the howitzers left could be withdrawn and losses among the cannoneers and drivers were high. day-as usual a boundary line had proved a point of little resistance-and James Russell Fostervold, 86, of Willmar, died Tuesday at his home following an illness. Fuller had only two battalions at his disposal because the 2d Battalion, located at Donnange, constituted the division reserve. Near the village a patrol found that the stone bridge was guarded by only a half squad of Germans. While elements of the 26th Volks Grenadier Division were attacking on the north side of the Wiltz, detachments of the 5th Parachute Division struck the American perimeter on the south and southeast. The battalion is assigned to the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard. A platoon of self-propelled tank destroyers had But menaced as they were, the artillery commander could not risk his howitzers further. against the British and American advance in southwest Holland, and had On their left German tanks were wiping out the last posts antitank gun in the path and crossed the bridge at the railroad station. USA soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944. Two lieutenants from I Company examine German weapons abandoned at Schoppen. On the eve of commitment the two tank battalions were about full strength, with 27 Mark IV's, 58 Panthers, and 48 armored assault guns in the division tank parks. At the crossroads east of Eschweiler the Reconnaissance Battalion turned to the left and bore down on Wiltz. effort to clear, and to Krueger's disappointment there was no assurance Although the 116th Panzer Division losses were moderate, the inexperienced 560th Volks Grenadier Division had suffered an estimated 1,000 casualties-a figure, however, that included the reinforced fusilier company which got lost in the woods southwest of Sevenig and was not seen again for two days. The regimental cannon company also provided some interested spectators, who trained their howitzers on Heinerscheid with such good effect that enemy records take rueful note of this harassing fire from the north. It was his intention, however, to move the provisional battalion first, leaving the 3d Battalion to keep the escape exits open while the 44th Engineers acted as rear guard. The artillery supporting the LVIII Panzer Corps consisted of five battalions plus two Werfer battalions, and a few batteries of heavy guns. In 1951, a rampant lion as found on the arms of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg grasping a red cross of the province of Lorraine in France were added to the old coat of arms of the 112th Infantry Regiment. Late in the afternoon, Colonel Fuller had ordered Company D, a platoon of heavy machine guns, and a provisional rifle company hastily assembled from men on pass in Clerf, to move to Reuler and protect Battery B of the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, then firing in support of the troops in Marnach and very hard pressed by the enemy. Despite the general dictum that defended towns would be bypassed, Manteuffel wanted St. Vith as a blocking position and so ordered Lucht to capture it. The story in the 2d Panzer Division zone was the same. On the afternoon of the 16th the division commander had loaned Neslon the light tank company of the 707th Tank Battalion, but after a sweep through the 1st Battalion area in which not a shot was fired the tanks recrossed the river. Furthermore, lack of communication between the 28th Division and its northern regiment would ultimately force the regimental commander, Col. Gustin M. Nelson, to act on his own. A camouflaged grunt takes aim. fire and sent forward a white flag, with an offer for the Americans to surrender. The 26th Volks Grenadier Division was across the Our River in force but had failed to gain its first-day objective, control of the Clerf River crossings. But first, they had to win the Battle of the Bulge. Each division was reinforced with additional self-propelled assault guns or tank destroyers and each had a full complement of divisional artillery (four battalions for the infantry division and three motorized battalions in the armored divisions). By that night the defenders were without ammunition, but they continued the battle with hand grenades, withdrawing slowly and stubbornly from house to house. To the east, at Dasburg, the German engineers were straining to finish the tank bridge which would bring the German armor into play. 3d Battalion sector, compressing the American companies in the village An unidentified crew of a 447th Antiaircraft Artillery half-track drove straight onto the mines, its .50-caliber fire searching out the enemy riflemen. This new Altoona unit converted back to an engineer company unit they were redesignated Troop C, 104th Cavalry in 1929. orders to Luettwitz' divisions were couched in very general terms. Meuse River on the right of its old comrade, the XLVII Panzer Corps. continue the attack for the bridges at Ouren. Service in the Civil War is shown by the cross pate, the badge of the 5th Corps, 3rd Division, in which the organization served in that war. (Lt. Col. Clarion J. Kjeldseth) to Wiltz on the previous evening with Luettwitz turned the Geilenkirchen sector over to the The unit was mustered out of federal service on 6 December 1945 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. close to the Fifth Panzer Army headquarters, where a few Five crack enemy divisionsPanzer, Infantry, Volksgrenadierhurled across the Our River the first day of the assault. Information on the hard-pressed battalions and their companies was sketchy and secondhand. Company B and a platoon of the 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion were well entrenched there and gave the Germans a warm reception, although themselves under fire from batteries east of the Our. by HistoryNet Staff 6/12/2006. The Lewistown unit was redesignated as Machine Gun Troop, 104th Cavalry, 22nd Cavalry Division. With three divisions, and added corps troops, the XLVII Panzer Corps possessed a considerable amount of shock and fire power. The mission given Luettwitz conformed to his reputation for drive and audacity. artillery by this time had displaced to the west and was out of range. Prior to the attack, 83,000 Americans in four divisions (the 28th, 4th, 106th, and 99th) held an 80-mile, thinly stretched line that crossed through . The Huntingdon unit was the Howitzer Battery 1st Battalion of the 104th Armored Cavalry and the unit in Everett was a Detachment of Company B, 167th Quartermaster Battalion and then was converted to Company C, 1st Battalion 110th Infantry. The 10th Regiment jumped off south of Michelshoff on December 21st and experienced one of their bloodiest fights of World War 2. For nearly two hours enemy flares methodically picked out targets for mortar and bullet fire, while the Americans were so closely beset that the Bofors and murderous quad mounts could not retaliate without cutting down their own people. The battalion, perhaps 200 strong, arrived in Wiltz about noon and Strickler assumed command of the forces in the town. The 28th Division got caught in the Battle of the Bulge and endured many casualties. Organized by Pennsylvania in 1878, the division was made up of units that had already earned battle streamers for contributions in conflicts from the American Revolution to the Civil War. The 3d Battalion, fighting mostly against infantry, had held its own through the day, aided greatly by the possession of the pillbox line, far stronger than the defensive positions in the 1st Battalion sector. The 29th Infantry Division (29th ID), also known as the "Blue and Gray Division", is an infantry division of the United States Army based in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.It is currently a formation of the U.S. Army National Guard and contains units from Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.. midafternoon, leaving open an avenue into the 2d Battalion left flank. Colonel Fuller's command post was in a hotel only a few yards from the north bridge. Aside from patrol activity (generally small raids against individual pillboxes) the 112th Infantry sector had been quiet. 120th Infantry Regiment. about six hundred men (it had been operating sawmills and rock crushers, firing positions along the road, sited to cover the Wiltz perimeter Two thins were necessary to success. 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